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<a style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" href="https://bit.ly/2M28fKA" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family: " font-size: 12pt">ALA Executive Board stands with APALA in condemning xenophobia, racism</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">The Executive Board of the American Library Association (ALA) stands with the Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA) in condemning xenophobia and racism.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">The ALA Executive Board endorses APALA’s March 13 statement, in which it “unequivocally denounce[d] the rise in racism and xenophobia against Asians and Asian/Pacific Americans in wake of the outbreak of COVID-19
(caused by the novel coronavirus)." </span><a style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" href="https://bit.ly/2M28fKA" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: " font-size: 12pt">Read more</span></a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<a style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" href="https://bit.ly/2M28Xre" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family: " font-size: 12pt">ALA partners with the Women’s Suffrage Centennial Commission to donate 6,000 book sets to libraries</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">The American Library Association (ALA) is pleased to partner with the Women’s Suffrage Centennial Commission (WSCC) to distribute 6,000 women’s suffrage youth book sets to libraries across the country. Public and
school libraries are encouraged to apply for the book sets by June 15, 2020.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">This generous donation celebrates the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th amendment and highlights the importance of libraries as hubs of civic education and engagement.
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<b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">AWARDS AND GRANTS</span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
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<a style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" href="https://bit.ly/2XuIbwY" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family: " font-size: 12pt">Brittany Tignor receives AASL Inspire Collection Development Grant</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<a style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" href="https://bit.ly/36zDC8p" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family: " font-size: 12pt">Association of Indiana School Library Educators receives AASL Past-Presidents Planning Grant for National School Library Standards</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<a style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" href="https://bit.ly/3dhKkmp" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family: " font-size: 12pt">Vermont School Library Association receives AASL Past-Presidents Planning Grant for National School Library Standards</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">ALA PUBLISHING</span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
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<a style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" href="https://bit.ly/2TBsRNR" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family: " font-size: 12pt">Young activists and the public library</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
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